The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

full paper by Rev. Samuel Longfellow-the last
of the LoEgfellow series-des:riptive of the
poets friendships and intimacies with children
WORD comes from Bordeaux of the death. at
the age of eignty-fve, of the widow of that
Count Charles Tristan de Montholon who aided
Napoleon Bonaparte in most of his bold strokes.
from the 18th Brumaire to the return from Eliza,
and also aided Louis Napoleon in his Boulogne
escapade and was imprisoned with him at Ham.
MEN who have travelled extensively assert that
most of the burning of cars is occasioned by the
use of oil lamps. which invariably become de-
tached in such accidents and scatter their con-
tents to saturate the inside fittings. with which
the flames speedily play havoc Yet. the oil
used is Of very high test and requires high
temperature to ignite It,
MR. WHISTLER, the eccentric artist who con-
| tinues 'to disappoint two continents appeared
at the opening of the Grosvenor Gallery exhibit
tion wearing yellow gloves, a yellow necktie,
carrying yellow cane and having yellow silk
handkerchief sticking out of his breast pocket
He must have reminded the crowd of canary
bird, or perhaps he called himself a gavotte in
yellow!
The Prince of Wales is going to pay $500 a
day for his accommodation at Newlands during
his visit to ireland. He is more extravagant
than the Queen. On her last visit to AK les
Bains she wanted to occupy the Hotel Splendde,
[ but the price asked, 800 day, was too high. SO
she took another house. which she got for $3.50
| day. But then the Queen has no ricn mother,
| as the Prince has
| COUNT LEON ToLsTol has doomed forth as
| dramatic author The great master of modern
romance has never tried his hand at dramatic
descrip,ion before. He has just published
| dramatic piece that has been received with I'M
precedenteG acclaim at the Popular Theater
/ Moscow, and this success has induced the author
| to write another drama describing Moujik lfe
1t will be produced for the first time at the I'M
perial Theater Of St Petersburg, shortly before
Easter.
DESPITE the imaginative nature of the child it
| has decided tendency to sac things in a literal
sense. This is noticeable in the acquiring of
| language. For instance, little Herbert was
| pleading to go out of doors to play. when |
! see fit you shall co." said his mother, decidedly
| This settling the matter the little fellow went
| off to his blocks. In about half an hour he re-
| turned, and said: Mamma have you seen him2'
Seen whom2" replied the lady, utterly in tee
dark as to his meaning. "Why, seen Fit
THE American Womans Suffrage Association,
| at No. 5 Park street. Boston. are prepared to
furnish newspapers gratuitously with weekly
column of reading matter devoted to the inter
ests of women-their work, wages, education.
| the new avenues of labor opened to them, their
| success in art, literature and philanthropic
work. and especially to their right of suffrage
utors to this column. The officers of the asso-
citation are Mary A. Livermore. Julia Ward
| Howe, Lucy Stone and Alice Stone Blackwell
MISS MAUD BANKS who is at present in Phil
adelphia asserts that her going upon the stage
received tine cordial approval of her parents.
| Her father attends all her performances when
she is playing anywhere near Boston, although
before her debut he took no interest in theatri-
| cal matters. He is now" she said, the other
day, ''seventy-one years old, and his hair is
white as silver; but when / am At home he for
| gets fifty years OF his age. We live farm
of sixty acres just outside of Boston, and father
manages to spend all the surplus revenue from
his Office as United States marshal in agricult
ura experiments. But the farm doesn't in
terfere with his official duties he is in his Of
fee daily"
REPRESENTATIVE REAGAN, of Texas, when be
speaks is never at ease, it is said, unless he has
string in his hand, and he keeps pulling this
through his fingers as he talks. His favorite po
| stion, when listening to discussion in the
House. is sitting back in his chair with piece Of
white letter paper in his hands. This be folds
up carefully, and with his jackknife cuts through
the folds. The two pieces of parer he then lays
together folds them, and cuts them in pieces
He reduces these pieces still smaller il. the sam.
way and when he has used up one piece OIL
paper he takes another So be goes on for hour,
at time, until his desk is Uttered with scrap:
of paper and the floor surrounding it looks lik,
| that ahout the sciSsora editnr of nawcnapar